diff --git a/jenkins/build-opm-module.sh b/jenkins/build-opm-module.sh
index 03c62075b..32fdb0d34 100755
--- a/jenkins/build-opm-module.sh
+++ b/jenkins/build-opm-module.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function parseRevisions {
   do
     if grep -qi "$upstream=" <<< $ghprbCommentBody
     then
-      upstreamRev[$upstream]=pull/`echo $ghprbCommentBody | sed -r "s/.*${upstream,,}=([0-9]+).*/\1/g"`/head
+      upstreamRev[$upstream]=pull/`echo $ghprbCommentBody | sed -r "s/.*${upstream,,}=([0-9]+).*/\1/g"`/merge
     fi
   done
   if grep -q "with downstreams" <<< $ghprbCommentBody
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function parseRevisions {
     do
       if grep -qi "$downstream=" <<< $ghprbCommentBody
       then
-        downstreamRev[$downstream]=pull/`echo $ghprbCommentBody | sed -r "s/.*${downstream,,}=([0-9]+).*/\1/g"`/head
+        downstreamRev[$downstream]=pull/`echo $ghprbCommentBody | sed -r "s/.*${downstream,,}=([0-9]+).*/\1/g"`/merge
       fi
     done
   fi
@@ -130,18 +130,8 @@ function clone_module {
   else
     git remote add origin https://github.com/OPM/$1
   fi
-  # Complication due to github slow merge ref updates
-  if [ "$2" == "master" ]
-  then
-    git fetch --depth 1 origin $2:branch_to_build
-    git checkout branch_to_build
-  else
-    git fetch --depth 1 origin master
-    git fetch --depth 1 origin $2:branch_to_build
-    git checkout master
-    git merge branch_to_build
-    test $? -eq 0 || exit 1
-  fi
+  git fetch --depth 1 origin $2:branch_to_build
+  git checkout branch_to_build
   git log HEAD -1 | cat
   test $? -eq 0 || exit 1
   popd